Davies’s latest job for the BBC is set during a very different period. He is adapting the Quirke crime novels, written by John Banville under the pen name of Benjamin Black, which are set in 1950s Dublin.

Gabriel Byrne will play Quirke, an alcoholic pathologist with a complicated private life. Davies, who has also written film scripts including for Bridget Jones’s Diary, said he often turned down offers to adapt books.

To learn more about both the writer Benjamin Black and his character, Quirke, visit:

*does the happy dance!* After reading the description of the character, and I’m not familiar with the books at all, I have to say Mr B just jumped off the screen at me! Figuratively not literally obviously..

Sounds great!
I have always loved the crime series from BBC very much. I think BBC are the best in the world at making tv series. And to see Gabriel walking around in Dublin in the 1950s sounds just right. Good for us that he stopped working as an ambassador and now has more time to work in front of the camera.

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